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Information technology has always been abundant at St. Vincent's Hospital. There's plenty of information, data and direction. In fact, maybe there's too much. Now, the faci...
As hospitals deploy new hardware, they're finding it difficult to get rid of the old PC dinosaurs. Old IT equipment contains components with dangerous elements, like mercur...
Two large healthcare organizations have opted to outsource portions of their information technology operations to enable them to focus on new clinical initiatives.Last month, Ascension Health, a St. L...
Cerner Corp. plans to provide personal health records for every child in the United States with Type 1 diabetes as part of a 10-year program. Announced at its users' group...
This month's Healthcare IT News Monitor poll on a national patient identifier generated more responses than any other News Monitor to date, bearing out the comments of those who say a national identif...
Preparation is continuing on a project to test the use of electronic claims attachments in New York. Funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and operated b...
Central DuPage Hospital has cut the cord. First, it put in a wireless network throughout its campus. Then, it made a strategic decision to bring wireless phone service inside its walls....
Survey finds Wide supportFor IT in cutting Care costs Some 60 percent of opinion leaders believe new medical technologies and equipment can cut the cost of hea...
Cover Graphic, Page 1CPOE SOFTWARE UPTAKE AMONG HOSPITALS From HIMSS Analytics DatabaseOne in five academic/teachinghospitals u...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is working at a rapid pace to bring a full-bodied electronic health record system, already in use in the veterans health system, to physician offices.Wor...